People

Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.

Board of Directors

Rachel Bendit, Chair
Brian Willen, Vice Chair
Christina Kim, Secretary
Rob VanRenterghem, Treasurer

Karen Bantel
Kiana Barfield
Marco Bruzzano
Karen Chapell
Christopher Conlin
Timothy Damschroder
Alec Gallimore
Linda Gregerson
Neil C. Hawkins
Ibrahim Jarjoura
Barbara Kaye
Timothy G. Lynch
Preeti N. Malani
Chrislan Fuller Manuel
Timothy G. Marshall
Michael C. Martin
Peter Schweitzer
Versell Smith, Jr.
Gail Ferguson Stout
Louise Taylor
Alicia Torres

Ex-officio Members:

Geoffrey Chatas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
Mary Sue Coleman, President, U-M
David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U-M
Laurie McCauley, Provost, U-M
Tim Petersen, Past Chair of UMS Board of Directors
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent, Ann Arbor Public Schools

Representatives to the Board:

Norman G. Herbert, UMS Sustaining Directors
Cathy King, UMS Ambassadors
Beth McNally, UMS Ambassadors
Prudence Rosenthal, UMS Sustaining Directors

Ambassadors

If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.

Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.

Ambassador Executive Committee
Cathy King and Beth McNally, Co-Chairs
Lisa Armstrong, Secretary/Treasurer
Jay Kain and Janet Torno, Membership Committee Co-Chairs
Kirsten Williams, School Day Performance Volunteer Chair
Elena Snyder, Ambassadors-on-Request Chair

Ambassador General Membership
Lisa Armstrong
Arlene Barnes
Astrid Beck
Sue Beel
Todd Beel
Elaine Bennett
Joan Kadis
Jaye Kain
Nancy Karp
Kathy Kiehl
Cathy King
Leah Korth
Michael Lee
Garrett Lefkowitz
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Beth McNally
Athena Papageorgiou
Sharon Pererson-Dort
Pat Rideout
Jill Ross
Ellen Sapper
Elena Snyder
Kirsten Williams

Sustaining Directors

Norman G. Herbert, Co-Chair
Prudence Rosenthal, Co-Chair

Wadad Abed
Michael C. Allemang
Carol L. Amster
Kathleen Benton
Maurice S. Binkow
Dan Braga
Sarah Calderini
David Canter
Mark Clague
Martha Darling
Julia Donovan Darlow
Monique Deschaine
David Featherman
Barbara Fleischman
Stephen Forrest
Maxine J. Frankel
Patricia M. Garcia
Beverley B. Geltner
Christopher Genteel
Anne Glendon
Katherine Goldberg
Richard Gutow
Walter L. Harrison
Debbie S. Herbert
Carl W. Herstein
David Herzig
Peter N. Heydon
Joel Howell
Timothy B. Johnson
Thomas C. Kinnear
Marvin Krislov
Earl Lewis
Robert C. Macek
Joetta Mial
Donald Morelock
Agnes Moy-Sarns
Jan Barney Newman
Roger Newton
Len Niehoff
Gilbert S. Omenn
Joe E. O’Neal
Stephen Palms
David Parsigian
Philip Power
Douglas Rothwell
Sharon Rothwell
Judy Dow Rumelhart
Maya Savarino
Ann Schriber
Ed Schulak
John J.H. Schwarz
Erik H. Serr
Ellie Serras
Joseph A. Sesi
George I. Shirley
Knut Simonsen
Cheryl Soper
Peter Sparling
James C. Stanley
Nancy Stanley
Victor J. Strecher
Karen Jones Stutz
Edward D. Surovell
Susan B. Ullrich
Eileen Lappin Weiser